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> They were never included as part of the Hebrew canon of books The Septuagint, the earliest known Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, is the version o
by jawns 5y ago
> They were never included as part of the Hebrew canon of books
The Septuagint, the earliest known Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, is the version of the Old Testament most often quoted in the New Testament.
It includes these books.
- ImpressiveWebs 5y agoThe later compilations of the Septuagint included the books, but that doesn’t mean they were included originally, which we cannot verify.
- skissane 5y agoThe oldest surviving non-fragmentary copies of the Septuagint do include these extra books. Whether earlier copies, that don't survive, included them or not, can only be speculation. But you raised this issue as a "valid reason" for rejecting those extra books ("There is no evidence that they were included in the original versions of the Septuagint"). If we can't know and can only speculate, how can that be a "valid reason" for rejecting anything?
- ImpressiveWebs 5y agoIt's definitely a less significant point, but the reason I brought it up is that many make the argument that because they were included as part of the Septuagint, then they must be part of the Canon. Which is ridiculous on its face because they were never included in any Hebrew-based canon.